On 2011-05-25, Ignoramus23924 wrote:
I have a little industrial demagnetizer from a grinding shop. Can this
thing erase contents of hard drives securely? Or the magnetic field is
not string enough? I have a pile of old HDs awaiting destruction.

THe alternative is my press, which is more of a PITA.

Thanks

Thanks to all.

Just a little update.

I did put them on a demagnetizer, just in case. Then I destroyed them
in a press.

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Hard-Drives.jpg

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